Workers In Washington, D.C., Region Likely To Work From Home Until Next Summer

With so much uncertainty continuing around the coronavirus, it might be next summer before most private workers in the Washington, D.C., area return to the normalcy of their offices.

That's according to a new survey led by the Greater Washington Partnership, an alliance of CEOs in the region, which finds that many companies remain unsure how soon their employees will allowed back in their offices. Nearly half of employers cited worries about the safety of their workers using public transit.

Thousands of Americans began working virtually in mid-March, when the pandemic first hit the country. The study, conducted Aug. 10-28, surveyed about 430 employers representing about 275,000 workers in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia that are mostly struggling with how to safely bring back employees during a pandemic.